This morning, after my shower, I came back into the bedroom to discover a vine weevil in bed. Not happy!! We have an unwritten law in the house, that I watch the offending invertebrate intently in case it runs off somewhere, while Hubster gets an object with which to remove/kill/squash the invertebrate.
So a semi-shaven towel-clad Hubster comes running in with a small measuring cup, in light of my instructions that if he wasn't careful "the little bugger will duck and cover". Trapped in the cup, Hubster then finished it off with a good boiling.
Fact #1: Vine weevils, unlike spiders, do not go a different colour when they are boiled.
So having decided it was very much dead, Hubster inspected the damage.
Fact #2: Boiled vine weevils squidge with an audible *pop*. I don't know if raw ones do.
Incidentally, a pack of Nema-Slug (for slugs) and Nema-Sys (for vine weevils) arrived last week. Hubster kept them in the fridge while I was away, and I set loose my pretties on Sunday, to kill! kill! kill!!
Oh yes, and a work colleague has presented me with a massive bag of moss. Now, I love primitive non-vascular plants as much as the next nerd, but unless I want to ruin my landlord's lawn, I'm not sure what to do with it. I don't know if I can keep it moist enough for it to cling to the brick wall behind the garden. I might be able to get it stuck to some terracotta pots, or replace the slate around my ferns with moss.
Has anyone got any more creative ideas? I don't have any hanging baskets (can't drill into the wall). Otherwise I'll be hacking off bits to give to HTUK members.
And aren't mosses pretty? I could spend the whole day looking at these photos.
So a semi-shaven towel-clad Hubster comes running in with a small measuring cup, in light of my instructions that if he wasn't careful "the little bugger will duck and cover". Trapped in the cup, Hubster then finished it off with a good boiling.
Fact #1: Vine weevils, unlike spiders, do not go a different colour when they are boiled.
So having decided it was very much dead, Hubster inspected the damage.
Fact #2: Boiled vine weevils squidge with an audible *pop*. I don't know if raw ones do.
Incidentally, a pack of Nema-Slug (for slugs) and Nema-Sys (for vine weevils) arrived last week. Hubster kept them in the fridge while I was away, and I set loose my pretties on Sunday, to kill! kill! kill!!
Oh yes, and a work colleague has presented me with a massive bag of moss. Now, I love primitive non-vascular plants as much as the next nerd, but unless I want to ruin my landlord's lawn, I'm not sure what to do with it. I don't know if I can keep it moist enough for it to cling to the brick wall behind the garden. I might be able to get it stuck to some terracotta pots, or replace the slate around my ferns with moss.
Has anyone got any more creative ideas? I don't have any hanging baskets (can't drill into the wall). Otherwise I'll be hacking off bits to give to HTUK members.
And aren't mosses pretty? I could spend the whole day looking at these photos.
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